Depends on the context.
If it were in a post-2010 free skate, it would count as a choreographic sequence.
All choreo sequences are worth 2.0 in base value. The differences are in the GOEs.
I would expect +2s and +3s for that sequence. +2 on this element is worth 1.4 and +3 is worth 2.1.
So the total points for the element would probably be between 3.4 and 4.1.
If it were intended as a leveled spiral sequence from sometime between 2003 and 2010, we'd need to know whether it was a short program or free skate and which year's rules to use. Because all the spirals are on one foot, it might not get any points in a context where spirals on both feet were required.
If it were performed in a context where no spiral sequence or choreo sequence is a valid element (e.g., recent short programs), then it would count as transitions and the point value amount to whatever it caused judges to increase their scores for the various components compared to what they would have given the program without the sequence. Hard to say exactly how many points that might be but I would expect it would have a positive effect on all five components.
Here is a Michelle’s jaw-dropping spiral sequence from the 1998 world pro competition (East of Eden). Sixteen seconds on one foot (haircut = +2 extra).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYwAZb14Ags&t=2m28s
(Little shimmy right after (2:48) = +2 more.)
Here's my take. “Figure” skating largely means precision gliding and turning on edges. Free skating, to me, features steps that lift the blade off the ice --> little jumps --> rotational jumps. IMHO the third category is spinning, which seems to me to be a separate skill.
Post-figures, the spirit of the gliding and turning part persists in spirals, spread eagles, Ina Bauers, etc., enhanced by esthetic considerations like carriage and posture, upper body and arm positions, musical expression and timing, and choreographic coherence.
It seems like a spiral sequence such as this one ought to be valued by the IJS, but I don’t think it is. A skater cannot spend so much time gliding along because, far from counting toward transitions, it takes time away from what the judges are looking for in this component. Nor does it garner any points for skating skills, which place greater value on speed, stroking technique (especially effortless acceleration), and intricacy and variety of steps.
Does it enhance P&E, CH, or INT? In actual competitions, I don’t think so – at least not enough to be worth devoting the practice time required to perfect those skills and then reserving the required number of seconds from one’s program. The judges seem to give higher program scores to skaters who jump and spin and step with grace and elan, rather than to programs with a lot of gliding, turns, and edgework.
When the CoP first came out, I think that both judges and skaters were feeling their way. Michelle made a conscious decision to keep her spins simple (so as not to injure her not-very-flexible back) and to make up for it on quality (GOE). This exchange never worked out in her, or anyone else's, favor. In the 2003-04 season Sasha Cohen got huge PCSs and GOEs for flexibility in spins and for gorgeous upper body positions. But little by little such things began to lose their point value. We cannot predict any more what the PCSs will be just by saying, “Oh how beautiful!”
Not saying whether this is good or bad, but I do miss a good spiral.
